'Een Schrickelyk Tempeest': the Utrecht Tempest of August 1st, 1674

Elka Schrijver recounts how tornados frequently changed the course of history for the province and town of Utrecht.

The Dom in Utrecht after the storm of 1674, Abraham Rademaker (1727 - 1733). Rijksmuseum.

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